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Newsletter: 22nd May 2026

Posted on May 22, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Wrap-Around Provision As you will have seen from the Class Dojo Message I sent out on Wednesday, we are currently looking at the viability of our Wrap Around provision across all three schools from the Autumn Term. Thank you for all of you who have already replied! If you haven’t already done so, please could […]

Posted on May 15, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Vacancies Just a reminder that we currently have a couple of part-time vacancies in our schools: one is for a Cleaner at Woolsery School and the other is for the Clerk to the Governing Board. If you are interested in joining our staff team in either of these roles, please speak with someone in the […]

Posted on May 8, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Happy Birthday! Thank you to everyone who supported our “Wear Green” day to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. Hopefully your child will have had a thoughtful day marking this remarkable milestone, and also learnt some interesting things about Sir David’s work in broadcasting and environmental causes. Residentials Three of our four residentials are now […]

Posted on May 1, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Residential Success! A huge well done to all of our Year 5 children who took part in this year’s residential to London. It has been lovely to see them getting on so well with other children, and asking really insightful questions about the national capital, our system of government and famous landmarks in the city. […]

Posted on April 24, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Summer Term! There are so many things to look forward to this term not least some sunny weather which we’ve enjoyed this week, albeit with a biting cold wind! We have the final two of our four KS2 Residentials, with Y5’s London visit taking place next week and Y6’s Adventure Bude week in early June. […]

Posted on March 27, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Pixies Holt Residential A huge well done to everyone who took part in this year’s Pixies Holt residential this week. Mr Davies, Mrs Barnes and Ms Holmes all reported that the children mixed really well and had an amazing time. The Instructors from Dartmoor Centres were particularly impressed with the group at Caving where almost […]

Posted on March 20, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Pixies Holt Residential It’s now only a few days until Year 4’s residential to Pixies Holt Expedition Centre on Dartmoor begins! For parents whose chidlren are going, please make sure you look through the kit list carefully so your child has everything they need, including any medication. We are aiming to leave Woolsery School by […]

Posted on March 13, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Red Nose Day RND-26 is next Friday! Please see below for arrangements in each school: Buckland Brewer On Friday 20th March, School Voice has planned a ‘change the rules’ day. The children will be allowed to choose from a list of rules they can change, at a charge of 20p per rule they decide to […]

Posted on March 6, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Parent Governor Elections Earlier this week, you should have received information about the nomination for two Parent Governor positions on the Governing Board of Village Schools Partnership. Please give some thought as to whether you would like to become a Governor and complete the third page of the letter and return to Caroline Boother, our […]

Posted on February 27, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Gymnastics Success! Before half term, children were working very hard in their gymnastics lessons. They learnt a number of skills including balances, jumps and rolls and performed a range of sequences. Some of the pupils entered their sequence into a Virtual County Gymnastics Competition. We have heard this week that three of our pupils have […]

Posted on February 13, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Happy Half Term! Today is the mid-point in the school year; a great time to look back at all of the amazing learning that our children have done since September. Looking back at the children’s books, the progress they are making this year really stands out, whether that’s improvement in handwriting, sentence structure, number skills […]

Posted on February 6, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Consultation Reminder Thank you to everyone who has replied to the consultation about how we use children’s images online. We’ve had just over 20 responses so far. If you would like to share your thoughts, the survey remains open until next Friday, 13th February. You can complete it by following this link: https://forms.gle/9W4DxqqwaoXTwW986 If the […]

Posted on January 30, 2026 | By Mr Cole

It’s a Boy! We are so happy that Mr Roberts’ second child made his entry into the world around lunchtime last Sunday. Both mum and baby Jack are doing well and Mr Roberts is enjoying two weeks’ paternity leave bonding with the new arrival. I am sure you will join me in wishing the Roberts […]

Posted on January 23, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Household Support Fund Just a reminder that time is now getting tight if you wish to apply for financial support through the Household Support Fund. Applications often take two months to process and the scheme close date of 19th March isn’t far outside that. The Household Support Fund can support families with the financial cost […]

Posted on January 16, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Attendance As we’re approaching the midway point of the school year, it’s a good time to look at attendance. For individual children, the Department for Education’s definition of Persistent Absence is 90% or below and any percentage above 96% is defined as Good Attendance. To put this in context for you, a child with 95% […]

Posted on January 9, 2026 | By Mr Cole

Welcome Back! Getting back into our school routine has been really good this week, after the very-much-needed pause over the Christmas break. I hope you have all had a good Christmas and New Year. Even though the days are still very dark, it feels so much nicer being in the “Spring” term! There are several […]

Posted on December 19, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Merry Christmas! We’ve had a lovely end of term this week across our schools, with our children once again building excitement for the big day, which is now less than a week away! Christmas Dinner was, as always, a highlight and it was wonderful to see so many children in their Christmas Jumpers enjoying the […]

Posted on December 12, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Three Amazing Shows! Huge, huge congratulations to our children in all three schools who have performed three really excellent shows this week. In each production, we saw lots of children shine in different ways and we have seen new aspects to their personalities and skills, which have really grown through the whole experience. As I […]

Posted on December 5, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Production Week! Next week is, of course, the week when our schools really shine with the energy and enthusiasm from our children as they perform their Christmas Shows: Alice the Musical, The Jingle Book and Bethlehem the Musical. Both children and staff have been working incredibly hard over the last five weeks to bring these productions […]

Posted on November 28, 2025 | By Mr Cole

Annual Questionnaire Each year, we collect views from you about your child/children’s experience in our schools. This forms an important part of the leadership team and governors’ self evaluation of the school, helping identify what is going well, and things we need to give attention to. Please could you complete the questionnaire using this link […]

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